Biden and Vatican emissary to meet on Russia’s deportations of Ukrainian children
Pope Francis has dispatched a high-level emissary to speak directly with President Joe Biden about the thousands of Ukrainian children Russia has forcibly displaced, a person familiar with the meeting said.three days in the American capital,
The Holy See Press Office said the cardinal’s mission is to “promote peace in Ukraine.” More specifically, per the person, Zuppi wants to discuss thesince the invasion began. The White House and the Vatican embassy in the U.S. didn’t respond to requests for comment. The Russian embassy in D.C. didn’t respond to a question about if it was supportive of the Vatican’s effort.for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, “for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population and that of unlawful transfer of population from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.
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